Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywhere in the world. In 1872, Henry Disston moved the works from a center city location to Tacony. With the saw and associated steel works as the standard-bearer, Tacony became an industrial locale that contributed heavily to Philadelphia's contemporary nickname, "workshop of the world."

Survey number: HABS PA-6692-L

Building/structure dates: before 1910 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: before 1928 Subsequent Work

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1910 - 1980

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